Mandalay
cultural city in Mandalay Region, Myanmar
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Summary
Mandalay is a city[1]. Mandalay ranks in the top 6% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,451 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Mandalay District[3]
- Country: Myanmar[4]
- Instance of: big city[5], town in Myanmar[6]
- Founder: Mindon Min[7]
- Twinned administrative body: Kunming[8]
- Postal code: 05000–05999[9]
- Commons category: Mandalay[10]
- Located in time zone: UTC+06:30[11]
- Topic's main category: Category:Mandalay[12]
- Commons gallery: မန္တလေးမြို့[13]
- Population: 1,225,546[14]
- Described by source: The Nuttall Encyclopædia[15], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[16], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[17], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[18], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[19], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[20]
- Capital of: Mandalay Region[21]
- Official name: မန္တလေး[22]
- Category for people born here: Q8062664[23]
- Native label: မန္တလေး[24]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Mandalay[25]
- Different from: Mandalay[26]
- Elevation above sea level: 22 m[27]
- Area: 163.84 km²[28]
- Category for the view of the item: Category:Views of Mandalay[29]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Mandalay include Mandalay International Airport[30], an international airport[31], in Myanmar[32].
Why It Matters
Mandalay has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] Mandalay is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]
Entities named for Mandalay include Mandalay International Airport[30], an international airport[31], in Myanmar[32].